As the semester comes to a close I feel as though I am a much more sophisticated writer. As I stated at the beginning of the semester, I do not follow the traditional process of creating an outline then writing the paper. I am more of a "puke all the words on the paper" and revise kind of girl. Although I have found it helpful in order to get all the points I'd like to across to the reader, it often takes a while to revise. I definitely used this process in my Cycle 1 paper. It took a lot of revisions in order to make it flow properly, but I am proud of the outcome. It was great to get all my thoughts out, then supporting them with evidence and finally creating an organized piece. I relate this to Lamot’s article “Shitty First Drafts.” She is completely correct in that it is crazy to assume people can produce masterpieces from the start. It is ‘to each their own’ how they start, but editing and revisions are must.
Throughout the year I believe I have for the most part kept the same writing process. I have had to use a lot more research this year which helped create more of a structure when creating my chaotic first draft. Although it has basically stayed the same, I have definitely grown and learned a lot about my writing process in this class. All of the readings were great to see how others write and realize that there is no right or wrong way to go about the writing process.
